Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-10
at tn d OF twelve months it is destroyed
II no one comes to claim il and the body.
AMOS j. CUMMINGS.

at the e OF twelve months 1t Is destroyed
If no one comes TO claim IL ana the body.
AMOS j. CUMMINGS.
III.
It is a pleasure TO walk up Broadway
from Chambers TO Blocker street any
BRIGHT afternoon from $3.50 to O'Clock.
Nearly every one Of the big buildings
within those limits has factories on every
floor, where hundreds and thousands OF
girls are employed in making clotnlng,
underwear. neckues, cloaks, fancy
boxes. and other articles OF luxury and
necessity. Pretty much all of them are
between the ages OF IA and 20. The law will
not allow them 10 work under Ia, and by
the time they are % they are either mar
ried or swept away, no one knows where.
Most OF these factories close at O:5O ana
the girls hurry on their wraps and start
Tor nome, and great numbers of them live
in Brooklyn and New Jersey, where
board and lodging is much cheaper than
IN New York, and 80 they walk down
Broadway TO the ferries. They are as
handsome a set of girls as can De found
anywhere. Like nearly all American
women they have the knack OF dressing be-
comingly, and their trim and shapely
figures are shown off to good advantage.
They do not look Disseminated, II bright
and cheerful faces are any criterion, and
two or three at time. They have the in
dependent bearing OF girls who know they
earn thor own living and are not depend
ent on any man Tor support. Some OF tue
prettiest are accompanied by young men
PERHAPS some OF the clerks who have
taken a fancy to them. Nearly all of
them have been pupils In the
public schools. They read the news
papers and can talk cieverly. A vast
amount OF rot is printed about them, but
in point OF fact they are as jolly and con-
tented q lot of young women as can be
found elsewhere In the world. There is
great cutlery on the part OF theatrical,
short-haIred and atmospheric philanthro-
pists at times because factory and shop
girls do not give up their employment
and seek homes as servants in uptown
families. The girl knows what she is
about, The bedraggled maid OF all rC,H
nagged BY silly mistress, abused by
horde OF snappy children and saddle
with thousand cares, mas one night out
a week when che has an opportunity 90 be
cOurted hy the coachman or the hostler.
The working girl is her own mistress alb
sciutely from the time she leaves the FAC
tory al 6 O'Clock in the evening until she
returns at 8 the following morning. Her
independence is absolute, and during her
hours of freedom she is as much
lady as the wife OF the President.
She visits her friends and receives the
calls of men who are by no means to be
des pissed in The matrimonial market.
great and welcome change has come over
public opinion respecting women VINO
have the courage, faith and energy to 20
out In the world and make themselves
the arbiters of their own futures instead
of mOpng at home burden 10 their
friends and trial to their relatives. That
Workingwomen command in many In
stances the highest respect cannot
be denied by any man who has
an intimate knowledge OF New York life.
There are ladies of broad culture, finished
accomplishments and many Rraces of
mind anu person in the boarding houses
of New York, VINO are the popular lead
ers of little social circles, despite the
fact that they are employed during the
day. There are grades of labor, and
women have learned to look the world in
the face and fight for the best fields.
RIAKEIY HALL.